Talk:David Frawley

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BLP article and neutrality

This is a "Biography of A Living People" article and therefore should be held to some higher standards. Frawley is a fairly mainstream Hindu writer on Hinduism and Yoga. I balanced some extreme smears with actual quotes from the author, but those quotes were all reverted without explanation. What is wrong with adding actual quotes from the author that is being discussed?--Stargazer (talk) 22:46, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

In the Ben Garrison article, there are ample quotations by the subject himself. Why not here?--Stargazer (talk) 22:50, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

It wasn't actually clear that it was a quote since there were no quote marks. Also the reference you gave was incomplete, but more to the point, why cite Elst, an extremist, rather than Frawley himself for the quote? Elst is an unreliable source in my view. Bongolian (talk) 23:00, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Which views of Elst are extremist? From this article [1] it appears that he was the victim of defamation by his adversaries. In any case, there is no problem to add a short description about Elst's political views (some context), but outright deletion reeks of censorship. --Stargazer (talk) 23:15, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Ok, I have now added a quotebox, so it is more clear that it is a quote. I also put in some context on Elst, using your description (even if I think the description is wrong). --Stargazer (talk) 21:16, 19 October 2017 (UTC)